watchnerd
Grand Contributor
Sorry, but I call this as BS. The 1980s provided some of the absolute best recordings, particularly of Classical and Jazz, where huge budgets, fantastic artists, venues and technology were used. Those recordings will never be bettered, as there is simply no money anymore in classical, half the artists are dead, the halls cost too much to book and the record companies are done with expensive classical productions.
I'm go to quote myself:
"I tend to avoid most early to mid 1980s digital versions of any pop music"
I never said recordings from the 1980s were universally bad, especially not across all genres.